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Joseph v. House

District Court, E.D. Virginia

Decided January 15, 1973No. Civ. A. 595-72-RPublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM

MERHIGE, District Judge.

This is a suit challenging the validity of several ordinances of Virginia municipalities which prohibit persons from massaging the bodies of persons of the opposite sex. The plaintiffs are Gloria Joseph, a former Norfolk masseuse, James R. Hogge, Secretary-Treasurer of Bo-Jac, Ltd., a Virginia corporation which operates massage parlors in Norfolk and Richmond, Doris Greene, Secretary of Spence Ent., Inc., a Virginia corporation which operates massage parlors in Norfolk, Richmond, and Alexandria, and Robert Kisley, the owner of a massage parlor in Falls…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  3. SAMUELS Et Al. v. MACKELL, DISTRICT ATTORNEY OF QUEENS COUNTY, Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Angel v. BullingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  5. Harrison v. National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored PeopleSupreme Court of the United States · 1959

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. McLellan v. Mississippi Power & Light Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  2. McFoy v. Amerigas, Inc.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
  3. Smith v. WicklineDistrict Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1975
  4. Cianciolo v. Members of City Council, Knoxville, Tenn.District Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1974
  5. Hogge v. HedrickDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1975

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